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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
Cesar Chavez
'It's a win-win situation,' says Robert Blakely, one of the CSC co-chairmen and director of Canadian affairs for the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO union.
'The program addresses the expected shortage of skilled ironworkers while providing the opportunity for young aboriginal men and women to learn a trade they can be proud of and where they earn a good wage.'